Decoders

Morse

Look for: sound, audio, hear, short, long, gap, dit, dah, dot, dash, tele-gram/graph, CB, CBer, gap, long, radio, Sam, Samuel, SOS, stop, telegraph, 2 unique characters or occurrences of single vs double/triple







Morse running string:

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Semaphore

Look for: 3x3 grids with center dot, circle of 8, clock hands/times, red/yellow, "flag", "signal", waving/raising/lowering hands/arms, angle/degrees with orientation/direction indicated, at a distance, at sea, railroad/railway



Current Letter:


Semaphore running string:


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Pigpen

Look for: dots and lines (but not Morse or Mayan numerals), pig, pen, porcine, Charlie Brown, Peanuts, dirty, farm, farming, intersections, oink, sty





Current Letter (A-R):




Current Letter (S-Z):


Pigpen running string:


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Braille

Look for: 2x3 grids, dots, "sight", "see", "feel", "dark", blind, raised bumps, bumpy, finger, holes, tactile, texture, touch



Current Letter:


Braille running string:


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Base Conversions

Decimal

Look for: 1-26 (alphanumeric), 65-90 (ASCII A-Z), 97-122 (ASCII a-z)

Alphanumeric: �
Unicode:
Decimal: 0
Decimal:

Binary

Look for: 0s and 1s (and letters that resemble them, e.g. I, l, o, O), 2 unique characters, "bits", "bytes", shaded or provided elements vs. empty

Alphanumeric: �
Unicode:
Decimal: 0
Binary:

Ternary

Look for: 3 unique characters, or occurences of 0 vs. 1 vs. 2

Alphanumeric: �
Unicode:
Decimal: 0
Ternary:

Hex

Alphanumeric: �
Unicode:
Decimal: 0
Hexadecimal:

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Ciphers

ROT Decoder (Ceasarian Cipher)

Look for: "shift", uncommon letters repeated in a result string, particularly if a lack of vowels present, julius caesar, rotation

Input:
ROT-1
ROT-2
ROT-3
ROT-4
ROT-5
ROT-6
ROT-7
ROT-8
ROT-9
ROT-10
ROT-11
ROT-12
ROT-13
ROT-14
ROT-15
ROT-16
ROT-17
ROT-18
ROT-19
ROT-20
ROT-21
ROT-22
ROT-23
ROT-24
ROT-25

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Substitution Cipher Helper

Look for: uncommon letters repeated in a result string, particularly if a lack of vowels present

Input:
Substituted:


A:
B:
C:
D:
A:
F:
G:
H:
I:
J:
K:
L:
M:
N:
O:
P:
Q:
R:
S:
T:
U:
V:
W:
X:
Y:
Z:


English Relative Frequency
e = 12.702%
t = 9.056%
a = 8.167%
o = 7.507%
i = 6.966%
n = 6.749%
s = 6.327%
h = 6.094%
r = 5.987%
d = 4.253%
l = 4.025%
c = 2.782%
u = 2.758%
m = 2.406%
w = 2.360%
f = 2.228%
g = 2.015%
y = 1.974%
p = 1.929%
b = 1.492%
v = 0.978%
k = 0.772%
j = 0.153%
x = 0.150%
q = 0.095%
z = 0.074%

  • Common pairs are consonants TH and vowels EA. Others are OF, TO, IN, IT, IS, BE, AS, AT, SO, WE, HE, BY, OR, ON, DO, IF, ME, MY, UP.
  • Common pairs of repeated letters are SS, EE, TT, FF, LL, MM and OO.
  • Common triplets of text are THE, EST, FOR, AND, HIS, ENT or THA.
    • If the results show that E followed by T are the most common letters then the ciphertext may be a transposition cipher rather than a substitution. (source)

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    Bacon Cipher

    Look for: two typefaces, using As and Bs for binary with 5 characters

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    Reference

    Other

    Cryptic Crossword Guides

    Below are some guides for identifying and solving different cryptic crossword clues. Common types include: Charade, Double Definition, Anagram, Hidden Word, Reversal, Container, Deletions, Selections, Homophone/'Sounds Like', etc.

    Some basic cryptic examples:

    • Charade - 1000 in family (3) ⟶ KIN (k+in)
    • Double Definition - Able to preserve (3) ⟶ CAN
    • Anagram - Captures crazy parts (5) ⟶ TRAPS (parts)
    • Hidden Word - Vacate everyone held in contempt yesterday (5) ⟶ EMPTY
    • Reversal - Flying mammals impale the wrong way (4) ⟶ BATS (stab)
    • Container - Ship structure, as in Bozeman’s st. (4) ⟶ MAST
    • Deletions - Writer Virginia unfinished yarn material (4) ⟶ Answer: WOOL (woolf)
    • Selections - Even Elvis meets citrus fruits (5) ⟶ LIMES (eLvIs MeEtS)
    • Homophone - Noisily propelled boat to street (4) ⟶ ROAD (rowed)

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    Periodic Table

    Look for: "element", science themes, 1 or 2 letter abbreviations with first capitalized, chemicals, atoms, molecules

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    Resistor Color Code

    Look for: the normal ROYGBIV colors, without indigo, but including brown, black, and grey (9 colors total, each represents a digit)

    Flags of the World

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    Country Codes

    2-letter and 3-letter country codes, phone dialing codes

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    Airport Codes

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    Piano Keyboard

    Music Clefs/Notes

    Look for: audio, aural, music, notes, scale, sing, sang, song, Sound of Music

    Phone Keypad

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    Qwerty Keyboard

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    Mayan Numbers

    Egyptian Hieroglyphs

    Anglo Saxon Runes Alphabet

    Greek Alphabet

    Look for: alpha, delta (but not NATO), gamma, omega, college, fraternity/sorority house, math, mathematics, Greek, Phoenician, science

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    Astronomy Symbols

    Look for: Astronomy alphabet, astral, astronomy, celestial, heavens, planets, sky, space, star, stellar, sun, any planet name

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    Astrological Zodiac

    Look for: 12, Age, animals, astral, astrology, astronomy, birthday, celestial, circle, date, dates, elements, horoscope, longitude, latitude, planets, sign, signs, stars, twelve

    Chinese Zodiac

    NATO Phonetic/Morse/Semaphore/Naval Flag Alphabet

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